Cataclysm.

[Moptop]

Here's a deck of mine that has had a LOT of success in 1 on 1 VS. matches. It's not too great for Story Mode, however, since there is no round limit during the battles. The deck features nothing but spells, and is built for mass-destruction. I named it Cataclysm.

Tempest x 2
Catastrophe x 2
Insect Swarm x 4
Plague x 2
Punisher x 2
Evil Blast x 3
Haste x 4
Holy Word X x 4
Holy Word 0 x 2
Mana x 4
Triumph x 2
Incineration x 2
Bind x 4
Blackout x 2
Waste x 2
Pain x 4
Drain Magic x 2
Earth Shaker x 2
Energy Flash x 1

Description:
The primary focus of the deck is creature destruction, as I stated above. Combos like Tempest/Catastrophe + Insect Swarm can kill a LOT of creatures, dropping your opponents net worth considerably. Earth Shaker + Energy Flash is just as deadly, sometimes even more so in the late game, since Energy Flash kills regardless of HP/MHP. The Binds, Holy Word 0's and Wastes keep your opponent from expanding TOO much when you're waiting for your key cards, but just enough for them to keep feeding you victims. The Pains, Mannas and Drain Magics help keep you in the lead, while the Hastes and Holy Word X's keep you getting lap bonuses. In the end, cast Incineration for a LOAD of G and cackle maniacally.

Tips:
Don't be too eager to push the big red button. You want to destroy as many creatures as possible, and maximize the potential of your big spells. There's no point on wasting a Tempest or a Catastrophe on 3 creatures. I usually wait until my opponent has 5 or so. And never cast Tempest/Catastrophe unless you have the Insect Swarms to finish the job. There's nothing worse than having your opponent pass the castle, only to have all of his creatures heal again. Save the Incineration for as late as possible, because once you cast it, the death count is reduced to 0 again. Which means you can't profit from it twice in a row without killing more creatures in between. Oh, and be sure to cackle maniacally, it increases the decks performance.

Cons:
Unfortunately, this deck can have a hard time with creatures that have over 40 MHP. And cards like Life Force and Torture can really mess you up. Also, people that have played this deck before are often wise to it's workings. They're more careful about which creatures to play and when. Thankfully, you can Bind them, Drain Magic them, etc, to keep them in check. Oh, and this deck can get RAPED against more than one opponent. People really like having their creatures on the board, go figure.

Hope you enjoy the deck, and I'd appreciate some feedback.

[nightmare]

very cool concept. I might have to try this out! ;D

my only feedback would be that you might want to try to replace the cards that slow down your opponent with cards that accelerate your lapping.

I have a deck that I was working on that focused solely on lapping -it laps really well, but needed to hinder the opponent's development, i.e. kill his creatures. The result (third iteration) resembles a mix between that concept and yours. It seems to be working well (currently I'm only testing on the computer, to see if the concept will fly).

So it might look like this:

Tempest x 3
Catastrophe x 2
Insect Swarm x 4
Plague x 2
Punisher x 2
Evil Blast x 3

Haste x 4
Holy Word X x 4
Holy Word 6 x 4
Fly x 4
Word of Recall x 3


Mana x 2
Triumph x 2
Incineration x 2
Blackout x 2
Drain Magic x 2
Earth Shaker x 2
Energy Flash x 1

Word of Recall I've found to be great to OK. The further away from the castle the last fort is, the better it functions, but it always works basically as a Holy Word n for the last stretch of a lap. I used to use it with Permission, but Permission isn't a useful enough card unless you use backwards as well (which I didn't want to do)...maybe Chaos Panic?

Anyways, those are just some thoughts. Again, great concept you have here.

[TheTampaCepter]

Awesome book bro! I just tried a version of it and it owns human vs human matches

[Moptop]

Thanks for the responses!

Nightmare: I'll give that modification a test run and see how it works. It could be the answer I have been looking for in regards to this deck facing multiple opponents. Bind and Waste aren't as effective against multiple opponents, but movement spells never lose effectiveness, as far as I am concerned.

TheTampaCepter: Glad you enjoyed the book! It's probably my favourite out of the ones I have designed. I'll tweak some of the others I'm working on, and when I feel more confident of their success, I'll post them as well.

[dragonmak2]

Great deck - i have a similiar one that's been doing pretty well in Story Mode:

Neutral Creatures
Amber Mosquito
Baldanders
Battle Gear cx
Battle Gear B
Fighter x4
Ninja x2
Tyrannosaurus
Wraith

Red Creatures
Valkyria x2

Blue Creatures
Kelpie x2
Lizardman

Green Creatures
Vampire

Yellow Creatures
Giant Rattler
Gremlin
Harpy
Knight
Paladin

Items
Claymore
Dagger of Mite
Diamont Armor
Gaseous Form x2
Lance of Odin
Neclear Fusion
Plate Mail
Prismatic Wand x2
The Hand x2

Spells
Binding Mist
Catastrophe x2
Holy Word 0
Holy Word 1
Land Protection x2
Manna
Quicksand x2
Tempest
Wind of Hope
Wing x2

This deck has gone undefeated for me in Story Mode for the Tournament of Cratos (all 3 rounds), Alchemistic Lab, and Kazatega (twice).

The problem is that it can take a while to develop, so you end up Cataclymising (if that's a real word) the entire map with your Catastophe's and/or Tempest, just to remove all the creatures and work on setting up your Kelpie and other creatures onto already built up territories . The main thing that i'm probably gonna change is to get rid of the 2 Binding Mist (they haven't helped me at all in the 6 matches) and exchange them for another Holy Word 0 & Holy Word X. The matches have been lasting a good hour to hour and a half with this deck.

Edited for spelling and grammer - me need more English.

[rawsushi]

I haven't seen any recent postings from you but I wanted to note that I use only a slightly modified version of your deck as a tester for all my other decks to make sure they can deal with direct damage. The NUMBER 1 problem though is it's ability to deal with any creature or spell that prevents the leveling down effect of spells and then the 2ND worst is since there are no creatures you have a lot of many sitting to be taken by DRAIN MAGIC, so you have to have symbols.

[cerealkiller251]

I really like this deck, it is very similar to the one I use. However, I would recommend Soul Hunt and Soul Steal spells. These spells, in conjunction with Incineration, can really make the Catastrophe cards pay off. I use cornfolk with these spells and usually make a good deal more than the 600 G required for the 2 catastrophe spells.